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The aim of the present study is to identify the level of using Arabic language teachers the educational technologies and its impact on the achievement of their students in middle school in al-Jowf governorate , Saudi Arabia, through answering the following questions: What is the level of the educational technologies in middle schools in al-Jowf governorate? What the level of using the Arabic language teachers the educational technologies in the middle stage? What is the effect of using Arabic language teachers the educational techniques on their students' achievement? Is the Arabic language students' achievement at the middle school in alJowf governorate differs according to the level of usage (high, low)? For achieving the purpose of the study, the researcher prepared a questionnaire consisted of thirty – seven (37) paragraphs to identify the availability of the educational technologies and the level of its usage. In order to confirm the validity and the reliability of this instrument, it was applied to a sample of eighty five (85) of the Arabic language teachers. The researcher also prepared an achievement test for students in the second grade consisted of twenty three (23) paragraphs, and applied to two groups of students, one is a control group and the other is experimental. The results of the study reveals that there is a difference in the availability of the educational technologies in the schools of al-Jowf governorate, where some schools lack many of the modern teaching techniques while they are available for some schools. The study also confirmed the impact of using the Arabic language teachers the educational technologies on students' achievement. The results showed a positive correlation between the degree of using the educational technologies and employing it in classrooms and academic achievement. The results showed a statistically significant difference in students' achievement related to the level of using the educational technologies in favor of the students who used these technologies. (Published abstract)